E-mail him and ask. What am I, AskJeeves.com?
:-)
Mac
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What's he got for a W123 wagon then?
Tim
1982 300TD Moby
On 11/14/05, Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pindelski is/was I believe an engineer by profession was a fixture on the
'original' original
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/9bccd
Honest, Regina, I only need to park 4 more cars in the yard
Well, if you had told me that you like ricemobiles, I wouldn't have brought
you along in the first place!
Mac
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm sorry, you're just not good enough for me.
Harry Watkins
Newton, MS
86 SDL Silver
85 300D Euro
86 SDL Gold
81 240D manual trans
Plugged charcoal canister?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I'll be damned. I need help. My W108 1969 280SEL smells horribly
of fuel in the cockpit, but there are no leaks anywhere to be found.
Anybody ever experience this? Clogged air filter maybe?
Rusty Cullens
1-800-741-5252
I had a similar but not identical problem with my 116 SD. My suggestions are
strictly seat o' the pants YMMV, etc.
First, are you certain there is no air getting into the system, for example
is your primer pump in good shape (and does it screw-lock into position
after use, if it's the old style)?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Related news - idle has been adjusted to what appears about 850-900 on the
tach (not totally reliable). No stalling in reverse this morning and it was
chilly. So THAT is solved.
Well, it may have fixed it but I am not sure it's SOLVED, if the idle surge
still
The question is in the subject line
Actually there is another option too: local VW shop sells VW accessory oil
pan heaters that are paper thin and glued to the bottom of the pan (after
thorough cleaning, of course) with a special paste. Cost for this is about
the same as the block heater.
No
someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As to the lockup happening suddenly: It was more gradual, in that the
starter would just run slowly, then it got slower as we kept trying to start
it, and now we get nothing but a click. Yes, the batt., starter, ground
strap were eliminated as
The sunroof is quite rare, the car is as well IF it's actual 50k and not
rotted.
Prices are all over the map. Body concerns, as well as the state of the
trim. Good trim, or refinishing the interior and exterior trim is expensive.
My shot in the dark would be $1,500 for a (solid) project car to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In my mind the starter was eliminated as culprit because I put in a new
(rebuilt) one and it did the same thing. Although I know that doesn't
logically eliminate it for sure. This stuff confuses me frankly.
And yes, we tried to bar over the engine from the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's the first Chevy of the 80's and it turns out to be the WORST
chevy of the 80's...
I disagree. Those honours HAVE to go to the Celebrity, at least the early
ones.
Disagreeable, crude and handled like a shopping cart.
Mac
Does the VIN confirm it's a euro car?
Mac
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
vin says its a 380
Loren Faeth wrote:
I'll bet it is a 500SEL because it has hydraulic rear suspension. Great
for those who want to load it down with a ton of newspapers and go like a
bat out of...
At 09:55 AM
Seller pulled the auction.
Mac
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-1986-Mercedes-Benz-300
-SDL-Turbo-Diesel-6-Cylinder_W0QQitemZ4592666764QQcategoryZ6330QQrdZ1QQcmdZVie
wItem
someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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wItem
Anyone know the diameter of the lower rad hose on an '82 240d? My car has
the l-o-n-g hose, if that helps.
Yes, I am too lazy to pull one end off and measure. Thankee.
Mac
When I worked for the truck rental agency, some construction guys ran over a
racoon on the way into a site, did not think anything more about it. Truck
then sat for five days in 95 deg temps.
When they went to get into it again, let's just say it had to be towed in.
Turned out the front half of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Time for a block heater? How's the ole 240 running? Mike
Not bad considering, was starting fine then suddenly didn't want to when it
turned about -12degC at night here. Odd, rule of thumb I have always gone by
in this area (as told to me by an old-timer mercedes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Turned out my pistons rings had gone far enough and when I disassembled
the engine I found 3 pistons with broken rings. The compression test showed
0-80 psi on 3 cylinders and 185 on the 4th.
Good LORD that car must have been slow, with those compression numbers.
I
Hey, Mike, you explained the oil usage to me at the time and I don't doubt
it's consuming its fair share in combustion, but I don't see how it can be
burning what it's going through now (a quart per 2-3 days or so). The
exhaust would be unreal.
Now it DOES blast a lot of oil out when that one
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let's say some guy decides to rob the bank you're in and five people
whip out pistols. How do you know who you need to shoot and who you
don't? Some of them might be in on the job. Do you shoot all of them
just to be sure?
I understand your point, but the answer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve MacSween wrote:
I understand your point, but the answer there is that no one with proper
training 'whips it out' while the robbery is in progress. The resulting
firestorm would be like using dynamite to fish in your backyard pool, and
inevitably you'd probably
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have no idea, as I buy the correct hose to install. I have no
interest in handmaking molded hoses.
Uh, no, I hear ye, but sadly inline coolant heaters are sold by the diameter
of hose, and I would rather not remove said hose twice, once to measure then
again to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Uh, no, I hear ye, but sadly inline coolant heaters are sold by the diameter
of hose, and I would rather not remove said hose twice, once to measure then
again to install (being down to one drivable car at present).
Hose and dipstick heaters are a waste.
Sorry,
someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-200-Series-240-D-
83-MERCEDES-BENZ-240-TURBO-DIESEL-RUNNING-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ4
594504320QQcategoryZ6329QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I just asked the seller this question:
Is the turbo on this car
someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Start up and all electrical is fine. Blinkers work both left and
right. Drive for about 20 minutes on the highway, all is fine. Get
off the highway to street speed and the darn blinkers go away. Hazards
are fine. Cycle the hazard button a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Secondly...is the R class nothing more than a Pacifica, or a Magnum with MB
stuff inside? They look frighteningly similar.
I asked the same question at my local MB independent and they said no, the R
is based on the M Class platform.
Now depending on how you feel
If someone were serious about that car, I would ask the vendor to fax the
relevant receipts for a perusal by your local friendly dealer service
manager or your indy shop. They will pick up on details even a good DIYer
may miss.
People can be, err, fuzzy about some stuff when they speak from
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Change glow plugs on a 617, yea, thats fun!!!
Nooo, nooo, I see your glow plugs and raise you by injectors and return
lines on an OM616.
Last week.
When I had months to do it. When it was warm(er). DOH!
Mac
Oh, you the man. I fold.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can do better than that, swapping out a bad rear axle when its in the 20's
Steve MacSween wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Change glow plugs on a 617, yea, thats fun!!!
Nooo, nooo, I see your glow plugs and raise you
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I stil can't believe that you guys in Arkansas are colder than us!
Changing weather patterns or what?
No, a mass of useless superheated air, originating from Ottawa.
(Canada has a completely unnecessary federal election in full swing.)
Mac
It looks similar (going from memory) to consoles I've seen pictured in w123
brochures for fleet cars. They had special consoles for police, fire,
transit inspector, etc., and for taxi use.
That isn't a Volvo console.
Mac
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think that is an old Volvo console- placed in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We have a starting issue with my friend's 82 240d. When it cranks it
still sounds like it has compression but it doesn't seem to be getting
fuel and won't start. We are going to replace the fuel filters today.
1. Fuel filters
2. Additive to tank (something with water
Ah, the joys of the holiday season. My alternator started to 'chatter' this
afternoon (actually, it sounded more like the water pump at the time). At 4
p.m. it seized up solid, belt melted off, etc.
My two 240Ds (w123s, 1982) are parked at a storage lot. Anyone know if a
quick change will work?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to suspect the
thermostat was the culprit but the one I just put in
was a known good one, actually came off the same car
when I did preventative maintenance.
Tstats can fail suddenly or never work at all. I know at one point my indy
said the failure rate on
I can sympathize with him a bit. Not for no reason has eBay now supplied a
disclaimer that vendors are not responsible for service times on delivery
(read: postal service delays).
I have found people are getting insane. I have had buyers e-mail me TWO days
after they paid, asking where the item
Well actually that listing violates eBay rules by a mile. If someone
complains he will get the boot.
Mac
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I emailed him asking what it was he was selling.
Funny thing is, he seems to have 4 or 5 of those same auctions going.
Sunil Hari wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The whole problem with ebay these days is it's frequented by people with
more money than brains. They have no idea what auction means. They just
keep bidding way over retail value for items sight unseen with no
warrenty.They think because it's an auction that theyre
it, anyway.
Mac
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good question, wife and kids ask same. 2 reasons, car has a trailer hitch
and I can put my boat on top. Found a place that will install rebuilt tranny
for $1600 with 3 yr/36000 warranty. I'm on the fence with this.
Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED
Who knows, maybe it's based on a plan that did or does exist. Doubtful but
possible, as I don't think SA has any emissions regulations or such. You
might be able to make small scale production worthwhile, on third world wage
scales.
Factoid: When the Volvo 240 stopped production, a Russian firm
If the injectors have never been properly cleaned, now would be good
time Check your yellow pages for a Bosch diesel injection shop near you.
Alternatively, if you can't function without the car for the day or two it
will probably take, see if Kaleb has a used set you can buy and have
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Failing that, try eBay.de... some of the aftermarket parts
vendors accept PayPal, ship worldwide and can communicate
easily in English. Shipping is not as bad as you might think
(given how much USPS rates have increased in the last two years).
Mac, I've bought via
Hey, everyone, I sort of dropped off the face of the earth but now I'm
back Nice to 'see' you all again (huh?).
Okay, way back months ago I was talking about the 240d I picked up from
Mike, and the fact that I sorta lost one cylinder without warning, one
morning (excuse the rhyme). Number 1
is somewhere around
$100 as I recall.
Now #4 is a bit more difficult (c:
Richard
--- Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey, everyone, I sort of dropped off the face of the earth but now
I'm
back Nice to 'see' you all again (huh?).
Okay, way back months ago I was talking
LoL, yes, duuude, that was my point (guess you didn't read my entire reply).
Mac
on 5/15/06 2:13 PM, andrew strasfogel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why not simply replace the engine with a good used one? Wouldn't that be
the cheaper option?
On 5/15/06, Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED
on 5/15/06 3:41 PM, archer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm wondering if this is likely an injector problem or a
compression problem? If it's likely compression, I'll just live with it
until I have more time.
In my experience, it isn't that unusual to have a lumpy idle, when you've
returned
Yeah, well you are dealing with Mr. Obstinate here... Mike sold me the car
as a parts car, but I was so impressed with the shape it was in, I went
ahead and put money into it to get it inspected and onto the road, and I
drove it for a few months.
Pigheaded or not, however, I learned what little I
might buy it back from you.Found a 76 240D 4spd with 65K
miles and a very rusted body that would make a good donor with some
tinkering.
Mike
- Original Message -
From: Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 12:05
on 5/15/06 6:24 PM, John Berryman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On May 15, 2006, at 12:05 PM, Steve MacSween wrote:
I am a stubborn bastid. I saw that car run ok and drove it. I don't
want to
give up.
So don't give up. How far are you willing to go? Piston/liner?
Rings? You may have
on 5/15/06 7:03 PM, Scott Ritchey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So the problem is intermittent. I'll just have to get the problem to repeat
and then troubleshoot some more. Thanks for all the help. Jim Cathey's
comment about positive feedback is spot on. You cannot test boost without
My reply to Scott's post about turbo boost brings me to another question:
the cable that runs from the linkage on top of the valve cover, down into
the transmission... is that for shift control, kickdown, or both?
TKS
--
Mac
'82 300sd
'82 240d (x2)
'60 220s
Me: Been up and down, frankly, I'm self-employed and for the last few months
there has been a drought on my trade around here
Car: I do have a potential donor engine but it's tied to a stick driveline.
Not a huge problem, but just more complicated (I guess that the stick would
be the obvious
on 5/15/06 7:03 PM, Scott Ritchey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I bypassed the crossover valve, connected a pressure gage, and did a road
test. Plenty of boost (maybe too much, looked like 1 bar or more, so now I
wonder if the waste gate is functioning). Then I reconnected the crossover
valve
JB you had my answer in your subject line Discount Tire.
www.tires.com
Also:
www.1010tires.com
That being said, Tire Rack is wy out in front in terms of solid tire
info on their site (I like to read the survey results) and they have a good
cross-section of price ranges.
Cheers
Mac
on 5/16/06 3:17 AM, Peter Merle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The compression test indicates that there is an issue with Cyl # 1 yes
the fuel line removal test indicates #2 is faulty. Engine starts easily
when cold , no so well when hot without glowing ( 3 -4 engine
revolutions before is starts
for the job?
Tks
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
'82 300sd
'82 240d (x2)
'60 220s
'87 Volvo 245 (waiting for OM616 transplant)
'83 SAAB 900T (waiting for salvation)
to do this.)
It looks to me like the connector shell has to be removed.
If I am thinking correctly, you have to work from behind to undo the
mounting screws, yes? (In other words, the screw heads face the firewall.)
Cheers
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
Mercedes: '82 300sd / '82
when they rip the unit out.
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
Mercedes: '82 300sd / '82 240d (x2) / '60 220s
Volvo: '87 245 (waiting for OM616 transplant)
SAAB: '83 900T (waiting for a miracle)
Uh, negative on the Mobil 1, but it's well known in the auto trade that the
Michelin tires sold through discount outlets (Wal Mart, in Canada also
Canadian Tire) are produced offshore in the Third World.
In the case of Michelin, I know at one time the tires they sold to the
discounter market even
has a different warranty on tires purchased at discount
outlets? Wouldn't Tirerack be the ultimate Discount Outlet? Are they
produced offshore as well?
Sorry, but I am not in the auto trade. Where can one look up this well
known fact to verify this rumor?
On 5/18/06, Steve MacSween [EMAIL
If it's a full quart overfull, you will need to drain some back out. A quart
over is too much.
Mac
on 5/19/06 12:10 AM, Zoltan Finks at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gang, it's worth a chuckle I know, but I think I overfilled my Saab's engine
oil when I changed it this afternoon (guess I forgot it
on 5/18/06 4:39 PM, dave walton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's no secret that Walmart wants cheap products from their suppliers that
last 1 season and then require replacement. People expect more than 1 year
from tires, but I suspect they are working on that too.
Are you carrying any diesel additive or Diesel Purge container(s) in the
trunk, by any chance?
The caps on those bottles sometimes leak a little bit even when new, and the
smell takes forever to disperse once it's into the trunk padding.
Mac
on 5/22/06 12:00 AM, Zoltan Finks at [EMAIL
on 5/22/06 1:41 PM, Curt Raymond at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My wife and I decided this weekend that if we don't get this house we've made
an offer on we're going to buy a 116 300SD and a teardrop trailer and tour the
US... I love that woman.
Kewl plan. Better hang onto that girl, LoL.
Mac
300SD .
Quoting Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
on 5/22/06 1:41 PM, Curt Raymond at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My wife and I decided this weekend that if we don't get this house
we've made
an offer on we're going to buy a 116 300SD and a teardrop trailer and
tour the
US... I love
. By the way, I don't think it's a wiring
problem from the sender (known problem in these cars I have heard), as when
it runs hotter the oil pressure drops a bit.
Ideas?
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
Mercedes: '82 300sd / '82 240d (x2) / '60 220s
Volvo: '87 245 (waiting for OM616
can leave my hand wrapped around it. I had not checked this
before.
I guess I've been lucky all these years, never had to do more than a t-stat
to troubleshoot a run-hot problem, so I am pretty much out there on this.
Thx
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
Mercedes: '82 300sd / '82 240d
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
Mercedes: '82 300sd / '82 240d (x2) / '60 220s
Volvo: '87 245 (waiting for OM616 transplant)
SAAB: '83 900T (waiting for a miracle)
on 5/23/06 9:18 AM, Peter Frederick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is another trick, too -- fill the reservoir, the squeeze the
upper radiator hose flat. While holding it, crimp the line from
radiator to reservoir shut, then release radiator hose. This will pull
coolant out of the
on 5/24/06 8:24 AM, John Berryman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sometimes the temp gets much higher than that after draining and
refilling the cooling system.
Oh, it did, we had to shut it down twice and let it cool, then restart,
before the t-stat decided to open.
It burped. Did you need to
Dome light, sunroof is to its right.
on 5/25/06 10:31 AM, Fred Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm ordering a light tube from Rusty for the left most
center console switch on my 83 300SD but have
forgotten whether that is the switch for the sun roof
or the rear dome light. Cam someone
on 5/24/06 8:30 AM, John Berryman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Skipped school on thermodynamics day?
Oh, yeah, a few other days too ;-).
Hot enters the radiator at the
top dropping to the bottom while being cooled to be pumped back
through the system. Hot on top and cool below is what you
on 5/26/06 8:17 AM, John Berryman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So it's behaving now?
A bit better, runs at an even 100 or just under during the day, and in
colder temps late at night varies between 100 and 110-ish, depending on
driving conditions. So I am thinking I have a clutch-fan issue too
on 5/27/06 10:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How long since the radiator has been removed from the car for EXTERNAL
cleaning?
Funny you should mention that, but this is a (supposedly) known good used
rad off a driving parts car I purchased a while back... before we
hot, or I'm in dead traffic, and can even sneak just under the 1
bar mark in traffic jams. So I am constantly shifting into neutral when
waiting.
Question: what is the spec, and is it spec'd for neutral/park or idling in
gear?
TKS
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
Mercedes: '82 300sd
on 5/27/06 8:44 AM, Jim Cathey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If the radiator is full of deposits, likely the engine is as well
and heat transfer on that end of the cycle is also compromised.
Before a radiator replacement (expensive) I'd do the flush in any
event. Our SDL is entering its third
on 5/27/06 2:05 PM, John Berryman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
AC on or off?
AC off, does not work anyway and the wire that should lead to the sensor for
the fan is MIA.
There could be a 20+ year old pile of dead bugs, dead vegetation and
general debris on the forward side of the radiator,
on 5/27/06 2:50 PM, Jim Cathey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That screams thermostat (or eroded thermostat housing) to me, not fan
clutch.
Not all brand-new thermostats are good ones.
T-stat is new and replaced one only in there for six months.
Housing looked great to me, when I had it apart,
(estimating, dead tach) about 150-200 rpms in neutral, more
so when the engine is fully warmed up.
I always thought that was just normal. My w116 SD did it too, IRRC, can't
remember what my ex-Kaleb SD did.
TKS
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
Mercedes: '82 300sd / '82 240d (x2) / '60 220s
Remind me pls what the amount/ratio is on the citric acid for the cooling
system flush?
I know this was covered recently but I was napping, doing spitballs at the
back of the class, etc.
THankee
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
Mercedes: '82 300sd / '82 240d (x2) / '60 220s
Volvo
look elsewhere? There was frayed sheathing on the wiring to the
sensor, but that was fixed weeks ago.
Thankee, thankee.
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
Mercedes: '82 300sd / '82 240d (x2) / '60 220s
Volvo: '87 245 (waiting for OM616 transplant)
SAAB: '83 900T (waiting for a miracle)
on 5/27/06 4:29 PM, Christopher McCann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm wondering if MBUSA was loosing money on it because they don't know how to
mail magazines...
40,000 is alot of subscribers and even though they are scattered around
english speaking countries, there are shipping methods
on 5/28/06 2:55 PM, Marshall Booth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What oil are you running? Mobil 1 should NOT thin out like that!!
M1 15w50.
Mac
on 5/28/06 6:33 PM, Christopher McCann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They probably tried to contract it out to a bulk mailing house, but it
isn't
as simple or cheap to do this as you might think, when you get into
international and that run is actually quite small by bulk mailing
standards.
on 5/29/06 1:23 PM, Zeitgeist at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hola, just wondering if the newly surplus rims that were formerly on my S124
will fit on our '84 300D. The 15x7 et 37 rims in question are apparently
originally from an early W210. The bundts are et 30, so are there any
glaringly
on 5/29/06 12:12 PM, Gary Hurst at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i got kicked out of a timeshare thing just the other week in gatlinburg.
Now THAT I would have paid good money to see.
Mac
on 5/29/06 9:21 AM, John Berryman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have you considered swapping in a known working used sensor or a new
one? Has the electric fan ever come on during this observation period?
No got one, amigo, and the electric fan is MIA (to be precise it isn't even
connected).
sense.
The only possible explanation I can come up with, is that I have a badly
stuck valve and the cleaner somehow made it work.
Cheerio
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
Mercedes: '82 300sd / '82 240d (x2) / '60 220s
Volvo: '87 245 (waiting for OM616 transplant)
SAAB: '83 900T
on 5/29/06 11:44 PM, Marshall Booth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If it's piston/ring carbon deposits that are causing the low compression
on one cylinder, then the flush MAY loosen them and allow better
sealing, but usually the only way you will actually get rid of carbon
safely is to burn
on 5/30/06 12:49 AM, Marshall Booth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My wrench suggested another flush, combined with a gallon or so of ethanol
in the fuel.
What's the point of the ethanol??
Might help to clean out the combustion chamber, more a heroic measure than
anything else.
Right now
on 5/30/06 9:31 AM, Marshall Booth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd forget the ethanol for a diesel (might serve a purpose in a gas
engine). Running the engine at highway speeds with clean fuel and maybe
a qt of 10W-30 engine oil or ATF in the tank (both increase combustion
temps) will do more
on 5/30/06 10:17 AM, Mike Canfield at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe the cleaner oil was getting by the rings and burning making the skip
go away at idle. That motor has been doing that for a long time now. I
always just ran the snot out of it until it smoothed out. Then it ran good.
on 5/29/06 8:33 PM, Sunil Hari at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does my 92 300D have a heating element in the fuel tank? Is there any way
to check? Are they available?
Do -any- Benzes have this feature? I think it would be handy if you had
non-winterized diesel (aka truck stop) in a cold
on 5/30/06 11:14 AM, Jim Cathey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, and if the IP is wonky on #1 maybe it could be
causing that hole to carbon up badly? Far more likely
to be an injector, but I think he said those had been
checked out.
The injectors were cleaned and tested, and the injector
Is there a drain valve for the coolant, on an OM617?
My impression was always that there is not, but I just happened to be
looking at something in the archives from the 'original' Mercedes list and
came across a reference to one (with no hint as to location).
TIA
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer
Clarkson gets very, very well paid to be the biggest jackass in Great
Britain.
What you see there is pretty tame, by his standards, IIRC he's been sued for
big money several times for running off his mouth to extremes (he is, or
was, a noted drunk as well).
Mac
on 5/31/06 12:57 PM, Sunil Hari
on 5/31/06 1:14 PM, Mike Canfield at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Then install a hair dryer to blow more air into the engine. You will surely
double your horsepower and get another 23MPG on used air filter oil mixed
with ethanol on your next trip to the dollar store for new lightbulbs.
You forgot
anything from Germany.
Gotta just LOVE that wunnerful noo europe, LoL.
Mac
on 5/31/06 1:46 PM, Zeitgeist at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I lost all respect for the gasbag when he trashed that Porsche 911 for no
apparent reason.
On 5/31/06, Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Clarkson gets
Check out the latest edition (by now, maybe the previous edition) of Subie
magazine. It has a feature on a guy who stuck a Subaru boxer engine into a
914, and IIRC (can't find the damn mag, just now) he made it 4x4 into the
bargain.
Mac
on 6/1/06 9:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes it is, obviously I was wrong on the AWD aspect tho.
Mac
on 6/1/06 10:31 PM, OK Don at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is this the article?
http://www.cardomain.com/features/turbo914
On 6/1/06, Steve MacSween [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Check out the latest edition (by now, maybe the previous
/50 to be back driving it within a week, OR to report I've blown it
up on the next test drive.
In any case, all of the list input on this one was hugely appreciated.
--
Mac
Steve MacSween
Aylmer, Quebec (Canada)
Mercedes: '82 300sd / '82 240d (x2) / '60 220s
Volvo: '87 245 (waiting for OM616
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